'Mythbusters' breaks up its team after 10 years

9:06 AM,
Aug. 22, 2014

'Mythbusters' build team members Tory Belleci, Grant Imahara and Kari Byron. 'Mythbusters,' hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman announced that their three build team musketeers and fan favorites are leaving the series after some 10 years.

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Ann Oldenburg
USA TODAY

And just like one of their explosions in the desert - boom! - they're gone.

At the end of Thursday's episode of Discovery's long-running science show, "Mythbusters," hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman announced that their three build team musketeers and fan favorites, Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara, are leaving the series after some 10 years.

"It's not only the end of an episode, and it's not only the end of the season. It's the end of an era," said Savage, explaining the show is going in a different direction. ...